July 7, 2002

9:16 AM

As soon as they get him in the grave, he'll no doubt start spinning.Here's a rather unsettling report about recently deceased baseball great Ted Williams' family fighting over the body. Cloning is mentioned. Via Salon.
posted by BGM (2 comments total)

why fight over fertilizer in a guilded box?
posted by Satapher at 9:38 AM on July 7, 2002

Apparently, because one of Ted's kids believes that there may be money to be made in the future by saving his dad's body and selling his DNA. It's unclear why he thinks they need to keep his body around for this purpose. Maybe as a fallback he'll sell the whole thing.
posted by rcade at 9:48 AM on July 7, 2002